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Sunday, November 27, 2011

AZMEX EXTRA 25-11-11

AZMEX EXTRA 25 NOV 2011

Attorneys agree to establish system to track weaponsAt a national meeting also agreed to strengthen the bodies to combat kidnapping and improve panel

Acapulco, Gro., November 25 .- The country's prosecutors on Friday agreed to implement the program E-TRACE, which will serve to track weapons and cartridges from their origin.

During the Twenty-Sixth National Conference of Law Enforcement, headed by the head of the PGR, Marisela Morales, also agreed to establish prosecutorial all the integrated ballistics identification IBIS.

Strengthening the authorities to combat kidnapping, as well as the development of special groups included in the agreements of the meeting that concluded Friday in Acapulco.

Prosecutors also decided to establish greater collaboration between state and federation to the fight against drug dealing, with full respect for human rights by all prosecutors.

At the close of the Plenary Assembly of the XXVI National Conference of Law Enforcement attended by representatives of the 32 states, the head of the PGR, Marisela Morales Ibañez, and the governor of Guerrero, Angel Aguirre Rivero

Ibález Morales said the results are aimed at strengthening the rule of law and restore peace and order conditions that society demands.

He explained that the illegal trade in firearms is an issue that the authorities in Mexico are fighting with all the force of the state, because it facilitates the commission of unlawful acts an additional lethal ingredient.

He said the Integrated Ballistics Identification System-IBIS was evaluated in scope for this conference, agreeing to its implementation throughout the country, as it is an instrument that facilitates the movement of information and helps to strengthen their opinions on specific cases. JGM2011-11-25 18:30:00

Bogota .- A total of 10 people accused of introducing semi-heavy and long range weapons to Colombia were arrested on Friday after an operation in four cities in the country, the police chief, Gen. Oscar Naranjo.

"After months of research, today (Friday) has captured 10 top-level antisocial, a structure that was devoted particularly to introduce sophisticated weapons to Colombia," Naranjo said the RCN radio in Bogota.

The officer said that among the weapons introduced to Colombia are criminal organization "sniper rifles, automatic rifles, and .50 machine guns, which could make the difference between illegal armed groups and forces."

"We're talking about weapons that are not light, they are not weapons of self defense. We're talking heavyweight team. A gun .50 is powerful, with both a high capacity of penetration and is a weapon that may violate aircraft," said Naranjo .

According to the police investigation, the weapons would be used by illegal armed groups, who were not identified in the departments (provinces) of Nariño, Cauca and Valle de Cauca (southeast), where there is high activity of leftist guerrilla organizations and criminal gangs in the service of drug trafficking.